Another step forward, apt-get dist-upgrade fixed two of the held-back
packages.

On 28/08/15 20:13, info at smallinnovations.nl wrote:
> I do not know a solution for this behavior but you do not need
> aptitude in this situation you can do apt-get dist-upgrade to fix
> those upgrades that get held back for various reasons.
>
>> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:45:51 +0100
>> From: Dave Turner<dave_t_turner@???>
>> To:dng@???
>> Subject: [DNG] strange characters when using 'examine' in aptitude
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>> I run devuan unstable 'ceres' on my Toshiba laptop and my iMac.
>> It all works with just a bit of weirdness.
>> I use apt-get update apt-get upgrade and then use aptitude to fix those
>> upgrades that get held back for various reasons.
>> Whenever I highlight one of the held back packages and press 'e' to
>> examine the various possibilities the names of the packages to be
>> removed or installed are mangled with block characters and/or assorted
>> characters from other non-Latin1 character sets. Upside down question
>> marks etc.
>>
>> Any ideas what is going on?
>>
>> I am using the slim login manager and then depending on my mood fluxbox,
>> xfce, or lumina - the new desktop from pc-bsd.
>
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